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iPhone TIPS: Shipping 24.000.000 iPhone 4G Units in 2010

Posted: 18 May 2010 01:01 PM PDT

Q: What? A: According to Digitimes, "Foxconn will ship 24 million units of Apple's latest iPhone 4G with shipments starting in June 2010" Q: Why June ? A: It is expected that Apple will unveil the iPhone 4G on June 7, 2010 during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. Q: Is there new information about the iPhone 4G hardware? A: According to the article of Digitimes, the new device will adopt IPS (in-plane switching) panels with FFS (fringe-field switching) technology and a 960×640 resolution, noting that LG Display and Prime View International are the panel suppliers. Q: What are the advantages of FFS compared to the current used 3GS panels? A: By incorporating FFS technology, which enables a wider viewing angle and clearer visual quality under in sunlight, Apple is aiming to improve the handset's e-book reader features and promote its iBooks Store. HTC's Hero smartphone has already adopted this technology.The sharper resolution further widens the gap with Android-based smartphones, which provide 854×480 displays as the highest resolution offerings. Q: Is there more information about CPU and Memory? A: The article reports that the iPhone 4G will run on the Arm Cortex A8 processor and a 512MB memory module from Samsung Electronics, doubling the memory capacity seen in the iPhone 3GS to take advantage of the multi-tasking capability of the iPhone 4.0 platform. Note: The A8 CPU is not the A4 as assumed in the Vietnam assumed iPhone 4G prototype Q: Is there improvement of battery life duration? A: The article writes that he new iPhone's panel is 33% thinner than in previous iPhone versions to permit more space for larger battery modules supplied by Simplo Technology and Dynapack International Technology.
source digitimes